>>   I am happy to help you workaround the lack of quote().

Hi Jeff,

No problem, REPL() it just fine.
I just thought QUOTE() was a bit more descriptive in the context
of hacking quotes in strings.

Thanks,
Tad




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From:     [log in to unmask] on 13/12/2000 17:19 GMT



Pour :    HP3000-L

cc :

ccc:  Tad BOCHAN

Objet :   Re: Quote function ?




> We moved to 6.5 recently, and I am *positive*  that I used a
> new CI function
> called 'quote' or something similar , but I cant remember the
> exact name,
> or how I originally found out about this function

You are right.  For a limited time there was a CI function named
quote() that attempted to alter its input string such that the
returned value could be explicitly referenced (!rtn_val_var) with
out causing the CI to interpret embedded meta characters.  For ex:

   setvar x input(': ')
   echo !var1 ![a+2] >foo   <--- user enters
   setvar y quote(x)
   showvar y
   Y = echo !!var1 !![a+2] !>foo

However, quote had some fatal flaws and in the end provided nothing more
than can be accomplished via the repl() function.  In release 6.0 exp 1
quote was removed and there was a brief mention of this in the Communicator
http://jazz.external.hp.com/papers/Communicator/6.0/exp1/ci_enhancements.htm
l
(sorry if this URL wrapped)

I am happy to help you workaround the lack of quote().

regards,
 Jeff Vance, CSY





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